How do you NOT sound like you're just playing up and down the scale?This question gets asked almost daily by guitarists just like you. I wrote this book to answer that question. Look. Everybody knows you're supposed to practice scales if you want to know your way around the guitar fretboard. But nobody really talks about how to turn those scales into musical phrases rather than just playing the notes up and down, up and down. Melodic patterns turn scale practice into music practice. Melodic patterns-also known as scale sequences-have been used by composers and songwriters from Bach to the Beatles. They show up in every era and genre of music. Practicing sequence patterns rather than just going up and down the scale is the first step to TURN THE NOTES INTO MUSIC. It's no wonder that scale sequences have been used for centuries to train basic technique and musicianship skills on practically every instrument. I'm, now, presenting this same practice to you, the guitar player. Melodic
